The Complete Wheel of Time

If a sword had memory, it might be grateful to the forge fire, but never fond of it.

What could not be changed must be endured.

Verin Sedai said that most mistakes made by rulers came from not knowing history; they acted in ignorance of the mistakes others had made before them.

Siuan said that “stubborn” was a redundancy when it came to men.

You can’t patch a hull when the whole boat’s burned.

It was like being beaten to death with feathers. Everything reminded him of something else to be done.

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. We are only the thread of the Pattern.

The innocent died along with the guilty. And if you did nothing, then only the innocent died. Or as bad as died. Maybe worse than, depending on how you looked at it.

you will take what each day brings, whatever it is, and be ready to face the next. That is the kind of people the Two Rivers breeds. That is who you are.

At the end of time, when the many become one, the last storm shall gather its angry winds to destroy a land already dying. And at its center, the blind man shall stand upon his own grave.

The Aelfinn are not evil, but they are so different from humanity they may as well be so. They are not to be trusted." —Birgitte Silverbow

The hammer could be either a weapon or a tool. Perrin had a choice, just as everyone who followed him had a choice. Hopper had a choice. The wolf had made that choice, risking more in defense of the Light than any human — save Perrin — would ever understand.

Perrin held up a horseshoe, then frowned. This wasn't difficult enough work. It was soothing, yes, but today he wanted something more challenging. He felt a need to create, as if to balance the destruction he'd seen in the world, the destruction he'd helped to create.

Lan shook his head slightly. “He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you’re dead.” Moiraine nodded. Surrender after you are dead. Yes.

It is no treason to do what must be done. And even blasphemy can be tolerated for a cause.

three, and while he breathed, he could not abandon Elayne or Egwene.